Defenders of land, water and a healthy environment represent hope amid a climate crisis that affects us all. Latin America is the most dangerous region of the world to do […]

Canada has a long history of harm and human rights abuses against Indigenous land and water defenders who are opposing colonial expropriation and protecting their lands and waters from extractive […]

It was 3 AM when armed men arrived at the homes of Maria, Luz Angela, and Richar. The three water defenders had just returned from a meeting with other leaders […]

Kanahus Manuel is a land and water defender, tattoo artist and traditional birth keeper belonging to the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa Nations of the south-central interior of so-called British Columbia. Kanahus […]

Oquelí Domínguez, brother of defenders Aly and Reynaldo Domínguez was killed in the community of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) on June 15, 2023. Five months earlier, defenders Aly […]

Download a copy of the 2nd UA 03/23 below Attacks on Honduran water defenders in the community of Guapinol persist a month after the murder of activists, Aly Magdaleno Domínguez […]

Download a copy of the 1st UA 3/23 below Aly Magdaleno Domínguez Ramos and Jairo Bonilla Ayala, members of the popular resistance of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) against […]

After 914 days behind bars, accused of crimes they did not commit, eight community leaders known as the Guapinol River defenders have been set free. “We are so happy. Actually, […]

DOWNLOAD PDF OF UA 133/20, UPDATE 4 BELOW In August 2021, the Supreme Court of Honduras accepted the Attorney General Office’s request to extend for six months the pre-trial detention […]

Environmental defenders with the Women’s Movement for the Defense of Access to Water, Land and Environmental Protection in Chile are under attack as they courageously confront a water crisis, and its […]

Mark your calendars for action in March on behalf of unjustly imprisoned indigenous river defender Bernardo Caal Xol and other water defenders under attack. WHEN  International Day of Action for […]

It’s no coincidence that three of Amnesty’s highest priority, ongoing cases in Canada all revolve around the industrial contamination and destruction of rivers, lakes and streams.  The struggle over mercury […]